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单词 nevel
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neveln.

Brit. /ˈnɛvəl/, U.S. /ˈnɛvəl/, Scottish English /ˈnɛvəl/
Forms: Scottish pre-1700 nawell, pre-1700 neavell, pre-1700 nevele, pre-1700 newel, pre-1700 newell, pre-1700 1800s nevell, 1700s neiffel, 1700s nevvel, 1700s– nevel, 1800s kneevle, 1800s knevell, 1800s knivvle, 1800s nivvel, 1800s nivvil, 1800s– neval; English regional (northern) 1700s– nevell, 1800s neval, 1800s nevel.
Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nevel v.
Etymology: Probably < nevel v. (although this is first attested slightly later). Sc. National Dict. s.v. records the word as still in use in Roxburghshire and Shetland in 1964.
Scottish and English regional (northern).
A sharp or heavy blow with the fist; a punch.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the hand > with the fist
bobeta1400
bobettingc1440
boba1568
nevel1568
fisticuffs1600
bunch1642
condyle1644
poke1690
punch1766
fist1767
plug1798
chuckera1805
polthogue1808
fistera1834
jab1889
bust1893
1568 Christis Kirk on Grene in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 263 Thay pairtit hir manly wt a nevell.
1568 Sym & his Bruder in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) III. f. 145–7 Thay manneist him with mony nevell.
1602 in J. Mill's Diary (1889) 187 James Brown hes giffin Hendrie Waltersoun ane newell.
1662 in C. S. Romanes Sel. Rec. Regality of Melrose (1915) II. 23 Tua neavells.
1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green ii. 15 Wi Nevels I'am amaist fawn faint.
1739 A. Nicol Nature without Art 76 Some wi' Nevvels had sare snouts.
1812 J. Bell Rhymes Northern Bards 42 He got on the lug such a nevel.
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 154 Was naething gain but knocks and nevels.
a1836 T. Wilkinson in S. Gilpin Pop. Poetry Cumberland (1875) 203 Roger..fra the lasses manny a neval gat.
1846 Drummond's Muckomachy i. xliii. 17 Gave his cheeks some dainty nevels.
1879 W. Henderson Notes Folk-lore Northern Counties (rev. ed.) ix. 308 To this day ‘a Nevell’ means in Durham a knock-down blow, doubtless from the battle of Neville's Cross.
a1899 D. Nicolson MS Coll. Caithness Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 255/2 Neval [A blow with the fist, a heavy blow].
1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 219 Nevel, a heavy blow with the fist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

nevelv.

Brit. /ˈnɛvəl/, U.S. /ˈnɛvəl/, Scottish English /ˈnɛvəl/
Inflections: Present participle nevelling, (chiefly U.S.) neveling; past tense and past participle nevelled, (chiefly U.S.) neveled;
Forms: Scottish pre-1700 nauell, pre-1700 neffell, pre-1700 neuell, pre-1700 1700s– nevell, 1700s– nevel, 1800s kneevle, 1800s knevell, 1800s knevill, 1800s naval, 1800s neffle, 1800s neval, 1800s nievel, 1800s nievle, 1800s nifle, 1800s nivell (Orkney and Shetland), 1800s– knivel, 1800s– naffle, 1800s– nivvel (Orkney and Shetland), 1900s– knivell, 1900s– neevel, 1900s– nivl (Orkney and Shetland), 1900s– nivvel (Orkney and Shetland), 1900s– nivvle (Orkney and Shetland), 1900s– njivl (Orkney and Shetland), 1900s– njivvel (Orkney and Shetland), 1900s– nyivvel (Orkney and Shetland), 1900s– nyovel (Orkney and Shetland); English regional (northern) 1600s nevel, 1700s– nevil, 1800s– neavil, 1800s– neval, 1800s– nevell, 1800s– nevill, 1800s– nevvil, 1900s– neavel, 1900s– niefle.
Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Probably partly a borrowing from Norn. Etymons: nieve n., -le suffix 3.
Etymology: < nieve n. + -le suffix 3; with sense 1 compare Swedish regional kniffla , kneffla , knyffla to beat with the fists, with sense 2 compare Norwegian (Nynorsk) nevla to grip or squeeze with the fingers, knead, both < the Scandinavian base of Old Icelandic hnefa to grip with the fist ( < the same Scandinavian base as Old Icelandic hnefi nieve n.) + the Scandinavian base of Old Icelandic -la -le suffix 3. In Orkney and Shetland use probably < the unattested Norn reflex of the early Scandinavian word represented by the Scandinavian forms listed above.Compare also the following isolated form (in sense 2) with expressive reduplication of the first syllable:a1878 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage to Land of Burns & Poems (1892) 318 Nif-niflin' at her apron-strings.
Scottish and English regional (northern).
1. transitive. To beat with the fists; to pound or pummel. Also in extended use. Sc. National Dict. s.v. records this sense as still in use in Caithness and Roxburghshire in 1964.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the hand > with the fist
boxc1390
punch1530
nevela1572
fist1600
transfisticate1600
fisticuff1653
nubble1673
befist1718
plug1847
to put a head on (also upon)1866
to stick one on1910
a1572 [implied in: J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 146 Frome schouldering, thei go to buffetis, and from dry blawes, by neffis and neffelling. (at nevelling n. 1)].
1603 Philotus cxxxiv. sig. E4 Thow sall beir mee a beuell, For with my Neiues I sall the nauell.
1684 G. Meriton York-shire Dial. 603 She'l Nawpe and Nevel them with~out a Cause.
1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace iii. iii Twenty and Nine they fell in that days Feed Of Southeron Men that neveld were to Dead.
1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 337 [He] nevell'd me sae sair, That for a week I could nae draw my breath.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 39 Twa landloupers..got me down, and knevelled me sair aneuch.
1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish x It was just a yird toad, and the laddie weans nevelled it to death with stones.
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 116 Neavill'd or Nevilled, pummelled with the fist.
1905 Gallovidian 7 94 If..ony ane had whispered into your lug an ill word o' the aul' toon, ye'd a nevelled them where they stood.
1952 J. Hunter Taen wi da Trow 145 Fir nyvvelin Kate Guillet On Sunday ida kirk!
2. transitive. Scottish (now chiefly Orkney and Shetland). To grip or squeeze with the fingers; to knead; (occasionally) to pluck out. Also intransitive. Cf. nevelling n. 2.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold [verb (transitive)] > hold firmly, grip, or grasp
clipOE
agropeOE
gripec1175
clencha1300
umbegrip?a1400
clitchc1400
stablec1440
grappe?c1450
coll1490
spenda1500
strain1590
clutch1602
screw1617
fast-hand1632
grasp1774
nevel1788
firm1859
bear-hug1919
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press or squeeze [verb (transitive)] > knead
kneadc950
nevel1788
1788 [see nevelled adj. at Derivatives].
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 35 The e'en out o' her pow they'll naval.
1932 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) (at cited word) [Fife] An old woman said to me two days ago while I was examining her abdomen—i.e. pressing it and squeezing it—‘I hae been gey well naffled the day.’
1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. at Nyivvel Whin da doctor started nyivvellin aroond da sma o me back I coodna help laachin.

Derivatives

ˈnevelled adj.
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1788 E. Picken Poems & Epist. 63 Thick nevel't scones, beer-meal, or pease, To brither doun a shave o' cheese.
1852 G. P. Boyd Misc. Poems 30 A naffled bundle, crammed wi' waes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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